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Simon Primus is a research associate in the Chair of Comparative Politics at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, where his dissertation focused on the comparative study of identities, poverty, and electoral accountability in Africa. His research interests include cross-national comparisons of regimes and political behavior, with a particular focus on democratization processes, individual orientations, and regime stability or change. He has conducted extensive field research, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, and his methodological approach combines quantitative statistical techniques with qualitative perspectives. Primus has published several articles and presented at numerous academic conferences, contributing significantly to the field of political science and comparative politics. His work has touched on themes such as ethnic voting patterns and governmental performance in relation to electoral dynamics.
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg • Erlangen, Germany
Research in the field of Comparative Politics.
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München • Munich, Germany
Worked at the Chair of Empirical Political Research and Policy Analysis.
Ghana Center for Democratic Development • Accra, Ghana
Field research during the 2016 presidential election.
Department of Computer Science. Program involves a Qualification Assessment Process (QAP).